(Im)politeness: Towards an evaluative and embodied approach

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-175

  Xie, Chaoqun ^a  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

Body and mind; Cognitive linguistics; Embodiment; Impoliteness; Meaning construction; Meaning deconstruction; Meaning reconstruction; Politeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749129469     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.16.1.10xie     Document Type: Review

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